A thermodynamic model for calculating methane solubility, density and gas phase composition of methane-bearing aqueous fluids from 273 to 523 K and from 1 to 2000 bar

A thermodynamic model is presented to calculate methane solubility, liquid phase density and gas phase composition of the H₂O-CH₄ and H₂O-CH₄-NaCl systems from 273 to 523 K (possibly up to 573 K), from 1 to 2000 bar and from 0 to 6 mol kg⁻¹ of NaCl with experimental accuracy. By a more strict theoretical approach and using updated experimental data, this model made substantial improvements over previous models: (1) the accuracy of methane solubility in pure water in the temperature range between 273 and 283 K is increased from about 10% to about 5%, but confirms the accuracy of the Duan model [Duan Z., Moller N., Weare J.H., 1992a. Prediction of methane solubilities in natural waters to high ionic strength from 0 to 250 °C and from 0 to 1600 bar. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta56, 1451-1460] above 283 K up to 2000 bar; (2) the accuracy of methane solubility in the NaCl aqueous solutions is increased from >12% to about 6% on average from 273 K and 1 bar to 523 K and 2000 bar; (3) this model is able to calculate water content in the gas phase and liquid phase density, which cannot be calculated by previous models; and (4) it covers a wider range of temperature and pressure space. With a simple approach, this model is extended to predict CH₄ solubility in other aqueous salt solutions containing Na⁺, K⁺, Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺, Cl⁻ and , such as seawater and geothermal brines, with excellent accuracy. This model is also able to calculate homogenization pressure of fluid inclusions (CH₄-H₂O-NaCl) and CH₄ solubility in water at gas-liquid-hydrate phase equilibrium. A computer code is developed for this model and can be downloaded from the website: www.geochem-model.org/programs.htm.     

地下水在弱膨胀性土边坡稳定中的影响

地下水是影响边坡稳定一个重要因素,主要体现为内、外两个方面的影响。经常考虑的地下水对边坡地层重度、强度等方面的影响属于内的方面;地下水还可能对边坡岩土体产生如浮托力、静水压力、动水压力、渗透力等附加力属于外的方面。通过对一弱膨胀性土边坡失稳各阶段、各影响因素下的分析,阐述了地下水在弱膨胀性土边坡稳定分析中内、外方面的不利影响。并得出结论：在边坡稳定分析时,仅考虑地下水对地层重度、抗剪强度等指标的影响,其分析结果偏于不安全;尤其是边坡地层为弱膨胀性土时,浸水后强度大幅下降,应采用浸水试验指标进行边坡稳定性复核;其次还应考虑地下水渗流排泄对边坡产生的附加荷载。     

煤矿床工程地质勘查中岩石质量指标(RQD)存在问题的探讨

岩石质量指标(RQD)是评价岩体完整性及质量分级的一个重要指标。针对矿区工程地质勘查规范中推荐的岩体质量评价方法,详细分析了岩石质量指标(RQD)在用于岩体分类与评价中存在的岩心长度的计算、采取率、硬度和结构对其赋值大小的影响,以及对规范理解的差异,提出了解决这些问题的有效方法与途径,为岩石质量指标(RQD)的正确应用及煤矿床岩体质量合理评价做了有益的探讨。     

Numerically modelling groundwater in an arid area with ANN‐generated dynamic boundary conditions

Groundwater is sensitive to the climate change and agricultural activities in arid and semi‐arid areas. Over the past several decades, human activities, such as groundwater extraction for irrigation, have resulted in aquifer overdraft and disrupted the natural equilibrium in these areas. Regional groundwater simulation is important to determine appropriate groundwater management policies, and numerical simulation has become the most popular method. However, most groundwater models were developed with static boundary conditions. In this research, the Minqin oasis, an arid region located in northwest China, was selected as the study area. An artificial neural network (ANN) was developed to simulate effects of weather conditions, agricultural activities and surface water on groundwater level in a dynamic boundary of the domain. Subsequently, a groundwater numerical model, named ANN‐FEFLOW model, was developed, with a dynamic boundary condition defined by the ANN model. The verifying results showed that the model has higher precision, with a root mean square error (RMSE) of 0·71 m, relative error (RE) of 17·96% and R² of 0·84 relative to the great groundwater change. Furthermore, the groundwater model has higher precision than the conventional groundwater model with static boundary condition, particularly in the area near the dynamic boundary. This study demonstrated that dynamic boundaries can improve the precision of the regional groundwater model in an arid area and that ANN can provide higher accuracy prediction capability for groundwater levels with dynamic boundary. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

An Analytic Model of Galactic Winds and Mass Outflows

Galactic winds and mass outflows are observed both in nearby starburst galaxies and in high-redshift star-forming galaxies. We develop a simple analytic model to understand the observed superwind phenomenon with a discussion of the model uncertainties. Our model is built upon the model of McKee & Ostriker for the interstellar medium. It allows one to predict how properties of a superwind, such as wind velocity and mass outflow rate, are related to properties of its starforming host galaxy, such as size, gas density and star formation rate. The model predicts a threshold of star formation rate density for the generation of observable galactic winds. Galaxies with more concentrated star formation activities produce superwinds with higher velocities. The predicted mass outflow rates are comparable to (or slightly larger than) the corresponding star formation rates. We apply our model to both local starburst galaxies and high-redshift Lyman break galaxies, and find its predictions to be in good agreement with current observations. Our model is simple and so can be easily incorporated into numerical simulations and semi-analytical models of galaxy formation.     

射电脉冲星搜寻工作的进展

评述了射电脉冲星搜寻及观测研究的巨大贡献和重要意义，分析了影响脉冲星搜寻工作的几个关键因素（如灵敏度，色散，观测频率及设备等），着重介绍和分析了自发现脉冲星（特别是发现第一颗秒脉冲星）以来所进行的卓有成效的脉冲星搜寻工作（包括脉冲星的早期寻，毫秒脉冲星的初期搜寻，高银续脉冲星搜寻，定向搜寻以及进一步的广域深空搜寻等）的情况，结果，意义和进展。     

A Study of Neutron Star Structure in Strong Magnetic Fields that includes Anomalous Magnetic Moments

We study the effect of strong magnetic fields on the structure of neutronstar. We find that if the interior field is on the same order as the surface field currently observed, then the influences of the field on the star‘s mass and radius arenegligible; if the field is as large as that estimated from the scalar virial theorem,then considerable effects will be induced. The maximum mass of the star will be increased substantially while the central density is greatly reduced. The radius of a magnetic star can be larger by about 10%～20% than a nonmagnetic star of the same mass.     

随机取向沙尘气溶胶激光雷达线退偏比特性研究

利用离散偶极子近似法,数值计算分析了随机取向旋转椭球体沙尘气溶胶粒子在尺度参数为0.1~23时（波长0.55 μm对应有效半径为0.01~2 μm）的激光雷达线退偏比特性,通过比较其不同旋转椭球体轴半径比下的差别,研究了粒子非球形性程度对单分散和多分散沙尘气溶胶激光雷达线退偏比特性的影响.单分散旋转椭球体沙尘气溶胶的激光雷达线退偏比对粒子的轴半径比和尺度参数有很强的依赖性;对于长旋转椭球体,沙尘激光雷达线退偏比较小值出现在瑞利散射区,而较大的值出现在米散射区;对于扁旋转椭球体,在米散射区较大沙尘粒子也可以产生较小的激光雷达线退偏比,例如,轴半径比为1/16,尺度参数为3时的沙尘激光雷达线退偏比仅为0.1%.就随机取向旋转椭球体沙尘粒子而言,对于单分散系,仅当尺度参数小于0.5时,非球形特征越明显,其激光雷达线退偏比越大;而对多分散系,非球形特征越明显,其激光雷达线退偏比越大.